most apg averaged by a small forward in a finals series

LeBron James has averaged the most assists per game by a small forward in an NBA Finals, with 10.0 per game 2 times.

	NAME	APG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	10.0	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	4	44.7	34.0	8.5	1.3	1.0	12.3	23.3	52.7	1.5	4.5	33.3	8.0	9.5	84.2	62.0	2.3	6.3	5.0	179	136	34	40	5	4	20	11	-60
2	LeBron James L. James	10.0	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	42.4	33.6	12.0	1.4	1.0	13.2	23.4	56.4	2.4	6.2	38.7	4.8	7.4	64.9	63.0	1.8	10.2	4.2	212	168	60	50	7	5	21	13	-7
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	9.8	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.0	26.2	8.3	2.2	0.8	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.7	2.2	30.8	7.8	8.8	88.7	65.8	2.5	5.8	3.0	258	157	50	59	13	5	18	8	-21
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	9.5	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
5	LeBron James L. James	8.9	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
6	LeBron James L. James	8.8	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
7	Robert Reid R. Reid	8.7	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	14.3	4.3	1.3	0.0	6.2	14.7	42.0	0.2	1.3	12.5	1.8	2.0	91.7	46.1	1.0	3.3	1.8	241	86	26	52	8	0	11	17
8	LeBron James L. James	8.5	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
9	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	7.7	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	44.3	21.2	9.2	2.0	1.0	9.0	20.5	43.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.2	5.8	54.3	45.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	266	127	55	46	12	6	26	19
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	7.7	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	40.7	20.8	8.3	1.5	0.7	7.5	15.5	48.4	0.3	1.5	22.2	5.5	7.0	78.6	56.1	2.8	5.5	3.8	244	125	50	46	9	4	23	21
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7.5	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	41.3	28.8	10.8	0.8	2.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	5.5	40.9	6.5	6.8	96.3	65.4	0.5	10.3	2.3	165	115	43	30	3	9	9	12	+86
12	LeBron James L. James	7.4	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	5	44.1	28.6	10.2	1.6	0.4	10.2	21.6	47.2	0.6	3.2	18.8	7.6	9.2	82.6	55.8	3.0	7.2	3.8	220	143	51	37	8	2	19	10	+31
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7.2	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	5	40.2	22.2	7.8	1.0	0.6	7.6	19.6	38.8	2.0	7.6	26.3	5.0	5.4	92.6	50.5	0.8	7.0	3.2	201	111	39	36	5	3	16	11	+6
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7.0	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.7	21.5	6.8	1.2	0.7	7.3	20.0	36.7	3.3	7.3	45.5	3.5	5.3	65.6	48.1	0.8	6.0	3.8	244	129	41	42	7	4	23	15	-21
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	7.0	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	2.3	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	14	3	19	16
16	John Johnson J. Johnson	7.0	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	39.2	11.6	8.4	1.2	0.0	4.4	10.4	42.3				2.8	4.0	70.0	47.7	2.6	5.8	2.8	196	58	42	35	6	0	14	14
17	LeBron James L. James	6.8	2010-11	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.6	17.8	7.2	1.7	0.5	7.2	15.0	47.8	1.5	4.7	32.1	2.0	3.3	60.0	54.1	1.0	6.2	4.0	262	107	43	41	10	3	24	20	-36
18	LeBron James L. James	6.8	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	42.6	22.0	7.0	1.0	0.5	8.0	22.5	35.6	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	7.3	69.0	42.8	1.0	6.0	5.8	170	88	28	27	4	2	23	8	-4
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	6.6	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	43.6	20.8	9.4	2.4	1.0	7.8	17.2	45.3	0.2	1.0	20.0	5.0	5.8	86.2	52.7	3.0	6.4	4.0	218	104	47	33	12	5	20	22
20	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6.4	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	5	41.1	21.6	4.6	1.0	0.6	7.6	18.4	41.3	1.4	3.8	36.8	5.0	6.2	80.6	51.1	1.8	2.8	1.2	205	108	23	32	5	3	6	6	-37
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	6.3	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	21.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	22	24	+52
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	5.5	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.3	24.2	10.0	1.2	1.2	8.8	19.8	44.5	0.7	1.3	50.0	5.8	6.3	92.1	53.4	1.8	8.2	3.0	254	145	60	33	7	7	18	9
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	35.2	8.2	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	176	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	5.4	1978-79	NBA Finals	WAS	5	45.0	21.8	8.0	1.0	1.4	8.8	20.4	43.1				4.2	5.0	84.0	48.2	2.6	5.4	3.6	225	109	40	27	5	7	18	23
25	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	5.3	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	42.4	24.0	6.3	1.5	0.0	9.3	20.8	44.8	2.7	7.5	35.6	2.7	3.0	88.9	54.2	0.3	6.0	3.2	255	144	38	32	9	0	19	14	+7

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PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0